Pat Daly: 'Competition is the problem. Cups. Championships. Coaches. The figures speak for themselves'

For decades Daly was the vanguard of coaching and games development strategy and served as GAA Director of Games.

Pat Daly: 'Competition is the problem. Cups. Championships. Coaches. The figures speak for themselves'. Picture Denis Minihane.

The recent email circulated to all GAA units was just the latest escalation of a long-running war. This year HQ already announced their intention to tackle this issue head-on.

GAA Director General Tom Ryan outlined as much in his annual report. The document, published in February, focused on “creeping competitiveness” at juvenile levels.